Important filing tips, as well as additional information on fees and customer service, are listed on our Lockbox Filing Tips webpage.

E-Notification: If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that your Form I-698 has been accepted at a USCIS Lockbox facility, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance and clip it to the first page of your application. Form G-1145 can be downloaded through the link above.

Filing Fee

$1,020, regardless of when filed. (An $85 per applicant fee for biometrics may be required - unless under 14 years of age or older than 79 years of age.)

Special Instructions

Additional Information: HIV Testing: Starting January 4, 2010, an individual should no longer be tested for HIV infection for purposes of the immigration medical examination. 74 Fed. Reg 56547 (Nov 2, 2009). Please disregard any reference in Form I-698 and its instructions to HIV on or after January 4, 2010.